{"product_id":"brother-sister-mother-explorer-paperback","title":"Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamie Figueroa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Center for Fiction Debut Novel prize, this fableistic, \"beautifully crafted, poetic\" debut novel about a sister trying to hold back her brother from the edge of the abyss is for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Tommy Orange (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tourist town of Ciudad de Tres Hermanas, in the aftermath of their mother's passing, two siblings spend a final weekend together in their childhood home. Seeing her brother, Rafa, careening toward a place of no return, Rufina devises a bet: if they can make enough money performing for privileged tourists in the plaza over the course of the weekend to afford a plane ticket out, Rafa must commit to living. If not, Rufina will make her peace with Rafa's own plan for the future, however terrifying it may be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the siblings reckon with generational and ancestral trauma, set against the indignities of present-day prejudice, other strange hauntings begin to stalk these pages: their mother's ghost kicks her heels against the walls; Rufina's vanished child creeps into her arms at night; and above all this, watching over the siblings, a genderless, flea-bitten angel remains hell-bent on saving what can be saved.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMIE FIGUEROA\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eBrother, Sister, Mother, Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e. Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize and shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award, Figueroa's debut novel \"brims with spellbinding prose, magical elements, and wounded, full-hearted characters that nearly jump off the page\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). Faculty in the MFA Creative Writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Figueroa's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmergence Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Review\u003c\/i\u003e among others. A VONA alum, she received a Truman Capote Award and was a Bread Loaf Rona Jaffe Scholar. Boricua (Afro-Ta?o) by way of Ohio, Figueroa is a longtime resident of northern New Mexico. Her memoir in essays, \u003ci\u003eMother Island\u003c\/i\u003e, is due out in the spring of 2024 from Pantheon Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764854128928,"sku":"9781646221219","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f7ed97f72e1f892bdf009b03c918c469.webp?v=1780256525","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/brother-sister-mother-explorer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}